Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-17
SEEKING AN ARGUMENT.
No Design to Institute %Invidious Com.
parIsons Between Two Raflroad

No Design to Institute 1nvidfous Conn
parIsoMs Between Two Railroad
Companies.
The following appears in the Yankton
Herald of this week:
1 wish to correct q statement which
was made in the p. &. d. Of the 18th, re-
garding the time made between Chicago
and YaDkton in the running OF the trains
on the @. M. & st. p. r. r., which they
say is the best that Yankton has ever
enjoyed. The O. & n, w. railway has
had q passenger train each way between
Yankton and Chicago ever since that
road WAS running in here. which hes
made equally % good time, and one
train even better than the st. Paul ever
had, and that paper, IL it would be fair
In it's statements, knows that until the
10. & N. W. ives built in here that the
city of Yankton never had anything but
q hog train between here and Sioux
City upon which its people could travel.
A. b. WICKER, Agent.
It would be much moro reasonable and
sensible and more to his credit as a feir
minded gentleman for Mr.. Wicker to
make his quotations accurately. This lie
what the Press and Dakctaian OF the
18th said:
The time from Yankton to Chicago
over the new Milwaukee line ia twenty
three hoess and thirty minutes. The
time from Chicago to Yankton is twenty
four hours and fifteen minutes. There
are two daily through trains from Yank-
ton to Chicago and two from Chicago to
Ysnktop, winch run through without
stops, except for meala. This 10 the best
railroad arrangement Yankton has ever
enjoyed.
II will be observed that the Press and
D~akotaian did not say that the time
given by the Milwaukee company be-
tween Yankton and Chicago is the best
TIME Yankton has ever enjoyed. What
ii said was that the Milwaukee company
is now giving Yankton the best railroad
arrangement it has ever enjoyed. This
is true, outside Of any consideration of
time employed in covering distance.
BY the new Milwaukee arrangement
Yankton has (Sundays excepted) two
through passenger trains to Chicago
each day and two through passenger
trains fro1 Chicago each day. 1t, also
has one through train ssch way each day
Sundays excepted) between Yanktou
and ell northern points on the Miiwsu-
KEGS Jim river line. This 10 in truth q
better,railroad arrangement than Yank-
ton has ever before enjoyed.
In giving credit due t6 the Milwaukee
there are no reflections intended upor
the Northwestern. That road is afford
ing Yankton excellent service, al O.
which has been acknowledged time aftel
time with appropriate gratitude. II
brought Yankton It's first good service
and this ia appreciated. But when the
other road comes forward with q SPLEEN.
didly equipped out6t and still bette
service the increased accommodation il
o matter OF sufficient local pride to war
rant us IN giving place to o stasemen
Of the facts. There is no occasion fol
any exhibition OF petty Jealousy over
J the matter. The Northwestern is he'll
in high esteem in Yankton and woul
probably enjoy o preference in locs
patronage il IL possessed Q local repre-
sentative who attended az assiduousiy {
: its business as he does to other people
business.